Latino advocates protest Levy's deportation 'joke'
Photo credit: Newsday/Mario Gonzalez | Several community groups gathered in Hauppauge to protest Suffolk Executive Steve Levy's remarks about Latino immigrants. (Newsday/Mario Gonzalez/Aug. 5, 2009)
Latino Groups Protest Levy Remarks
Latino activists protest Steve Levy's comment
Outraged Latino advocates protested outside County Executive Steve Levy's office Wednesday, saying Levy's quip about deporting kitchen workers contributes to a climate where immigrants are attacked and even killed.
His staff maintained that the comment, made at a roast at Captain Bill's Restaurant in Bay Shore last week, was a joke and that he was poking fun at his own reputation. "This is...
